Coachella 2014: Apple Valley sisters using Polyvore to show fashion trends from festival

Vanessa Villa, of Apple Valley, and her sister Iliana, fashion correspondents for Polyvore, during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Saturday, April 12, 2014. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/Pasadena Star-News)

INDIO>> Apple Valley sisters Vanessa Villa, 21, and Iliana Villa, 20, are creating Coachella-related fashion posts throughout the weekend to show their followers on Polyvore what styles are trending.

Polyvore is a social platform where users can create collages of outfits, purchase items from the collages and share their collages with their friends.

Vanessa, who has almost 14,000 followers, and Iliana, who has about 4,000 followers, are also both in a band with their two other sisters and brother. The sisters were contacted by Polyvore because of their musical and fashion interests.

“It’s been pretty fun,” Vanessa said. “Just watching the bands, it’s awesome and you’re just excited to see them in person and it’s really cool.”

The sisters said the trends they’ve observed have been fringed clothing, kimonos, cut-out sandals and short shorts.

For the second day of Coachella, Iliana chose to wear patterned harem pants, a black top and a gold statement necklace.

“Hopefully I’ll get to see some celebrities, see what they’re wearing, what trends they’re following or even starting,” Iliana said.

Vannessa chose to wear a white shirt and black harem pants, topped off with a bindi, a trend that has recently undergone some criticism in light of Selena Gomez wearing a bindi in a performance of her song “Come and Get It.”

“I think that fashion is universal,” Vanessa said. “Anyone can explore and try out new things and I think that sometimes people blow things out of proportion. But sometimes people do have to respect the culture, too.”

Despite Coachella fashion being it’s own fashion ecosystem, the sisters said some of the trends can easily be applied outside of the music festival.

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“Maxi dresses and purses with fringe are a great way to wear these trends outside of Coachella,” Iliana said.

The sisters said they’ve been inspired by the artists they’ve seen and hope to one day perform at the festival.